order santalales

1. Order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary;
   Many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots (synset 112755206)
   is a type of: plant order - the order of plants
   member holonym:

   • family santalaceae, sandalwood family, santalaceae - chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit
   • family loranthaceae, loranthaceae, mistletoe family - in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria
   • family viscaceae, mistletoe family, viscaceae - in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae
   belongs to: dilleniidae, subclass dilleniidae - a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
   same as: santalales

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